Thanks from the Queens Library Dear Editor: Strong libraries equal strong communities. Library lovers across Queens spoke up to support library funding and I am so pleased to announce that the proposed budget cut was restored. ...

Snowden issue sure to chill foreign relationsDear Editor: Now that Russia has granted political asylum to Edward Snowden, this is most certainly going to cause U.S.-Russian relations to become even frostier.With President Obama scheduled to a...

Weiner must quitDear Editor: With the latest sex scandal revelations, along with the resignation of his campaign manager, it is time for Anthony Weiner to drop out of the mayoral race. With all of this negative pu...

Thanks to AG SchneidermanDear Editor: The American Lung Association thanks Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for signing a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency in support of the proposed Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emis...

Bengali on the ballotDear Editor: Assemblyman David Weprin and State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky celebrating that the Board of Elections put Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi on ballots and election material is disappointing. (...

Why borrow?Dear Editor: I just heard the secretary of the Treasury complaining about the Republicans' warning that they will not increase the debt limit. He said that millions of Americans will not get paid i...

No more free ride for StringerDear Editor: Allow me to add to the always-insightful Strictly Stasi column ("Comptroller Race Just Got a Lot More Interesting") published on July 18. Give former attorney general and governor Elli...

Obama did the right thingDear Editor: I would like to applaud President Obama for speaking out for better race relations in America. He connected his remarks to what happened in the George Zimmerman case, stating "Trayvon ...

Hoodies for ObamaDear Editor: These sycophants of Democratic Liberalism are once again fallaciously projecting the Trayvon Martin incident as racial rather than the self-defense of George Zimmerman. President Barac...

Praise for Con EdDear Editor: As the city suffered through the longest heat wave in over 10 years, Con Edison has been able to keep the electricity flowing even as record demands have been placed on its electric gr...

On behalf of the libraryDear Editor: Strong libraries equal strong communities. Library lovers across Queens spoke up to support library funding and I am so pleased to announce that the proposed budget cut was restored. Y...

CSA far from ‘safe’Dear Editor: The City Council’s passage last week of the inaptly named “Community Safety Act” is a reckless action that will handcuff the police, lead to more drugs and guns on our streets, and par...

Silver won’t go easyDear Editor: A majority of New Yorkers, based upon a recent poll, want Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to resign. This has been echoed on the editorial pages of the city’s daily newspapers, yet thi...

Rockaway Beach isn’t stronger than SandyDear Editor: At this time of the year, I look forward to going to Rockaway Beach to relax and enjoy the summer. I went to the beach the week after Memorial Day weekend, when the beaches are suppose...

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South Korea's Park Inbee claimed her seventh major Sunday when she carded seven birdies and an eagle in a record-equalling final round of 65 to win the Women's British Open. Park has also won two US Opens and the 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Now there are two: Zimbabwe identified a bow-hunting gynecological oncologist from Pennsylvania on Sunday as its suspect in what it calls the illegal killing of a lion in April, adding to the outcry over the Minnesota dentist the African government wants to extradite for killing a well-known lion named Cecil in early July.